v96.0.346b

Added:

• New element: SLCN (silicon). Sparkles, conducts electricity like GOLD, and has many reactions while in molten form
• New element: PTNM (platinum). A catalyst in many reactions
• New element: ROCK (rock, a solid). Melts into a lot of different materials at higher pressures, and is eroded by WATR
• New element: LITH (lithium). Reactive element that explodes on contact with water
• New element: VSNS (velocity sensor). Similar to LSNS
• Add CUST (custom game of life). Custom GoL types can now be created with any rulestring and colors
• Add reaction to produce BCOL: WOOD at high temperature and low pressure
• Add Latin-1, Latin Extended-A, Cyrillic, and Hangul characters to the font. Add Composition support
• Non-ascii characters will be deleted by the website inside comments, save titles, and signs; and replaced with question marks in save descriptions. This will be fixed on the website in a future release.
• By default, all data and settings are now stored in an OS-specific user data directory. This is "%APPDATA%/The Powder Toy" on Windows and "~/.local/share/The Powder Toy" on Linux
• Add button in options menu to migrate data to the shared directory
• Windows: Add shortcut to start menu when installing. Press ctrl+i to reinstall TPT and add the shortcut
• 64-bit Windows builds are now available, users on 32-bit Windows will still remain on the 32-bit version unless tpt is manually redownloaded from the website
• 32-bit Linux builds were dropped. If you still need this, you can compile from source
• Ctrl+u shortcut resets ambient heat
• Ctrl+a shortcut to select/deselect all saves in save browser
• Save ambient air temperature and make it configurable in options menu
• Add ren.showBrush Lua api to hide the brush
• Add Lua functions to interact with composition: interface.grabTextInput, interface.dropTextInput, interface.textInputRect. Also, new "textediting" event
• Redo and add type parameter to sim.neighbors

Changed:

• Make GLOW element glow under pressure
• BRAY .life can be customized when firing from ARAY by setting ARAY's .life
• Remove .life delay feature of ARAY/DRAY as this was historically not possible to use
• SPRK / METL no longer deleted when inside detector wall, and solid elements can no longer be drawn on detector wall
• Stasis walls now keep dying GOL cells in stasis
• LSNS and HSWC can now interact with energy particles
• Show NONE in {ctype} signs instead of 0 when an element has no ctype
• Take undo snapshot when using ctrl+x
• Improve stack pasting behavior
• Prioritize favorited elements in element search
• Remove gaps between lines of selected text in multiline textboxes
• Make username case-insensitive when logging in
• Replace luasocket with a new socket API backed by libcurl
• Rewrite tpt.set_wallmap, it can now set FAN wall velocity
• Return version (aka history index) from sim.getSaveID
• Make sim.clearSim clear active save information too
• Return a reason for failure from sim.loadStamp
• When framerate is uncapped or higher than your monitor's refresh rate, frame drawing will now be skipped. This can be controlled via tpt.setdrawcap
• Write powder.pref immediately every time a setting is changed
• Move IRC channel from irc.freenode.net to irc.libera.chat in the intro text

Fixed:

• Fix LSNS being unable to deserialize in all directions at once
• Fix single-pixel PIPE / PPIP breaking on rotation
• Fix QRTZ/GLAS/TUNG breaking on load (again), for cases when pressure is negative
• Fix air being able to go through walls for a frame after undoing
• Fix GoL sometimes not working for a short time after undo
• Fix infinite spark loops in photoelectric effect
• Fix line tool deletion bug when WIND is selected (id:2554353)
• Fix a bug which caused a line of particles to sometimes be drawn between the cursor and the top left corner at startup
• Fix typo in "change resolution" option description
• Fix text glitch in console when writing multiple spaces in a row
• Fix many crashes triggerable by Lua API functions
• Lua: Make custom can_move settings persistent
• Fix 612 SSL errors experienced by some Windows users when using online features
• Fix icons in Windows Explorer on .cps and .stm files (requires reinstall)

To download this release, please go to the download page on our website - https://powdertoy.co.uk/Download.html

snapshot-217

• Fix issue in socket API where an error isn't raised after writing to a closed socket
• Remove pastel glow on "inactive" GLOW
• Restrict saves with ambient air temp set to v96.0
• Save ambient air temperature and add it to options

snapshot-216

• Fix dangling pointer smuggling in PreviewModelException
• Make debug mode show .tmp2 for VSNS too.
• Makes GLOW element glow under pressure
• Move IRC channel from irc.freenode.net to irc.libera.chat
• Prop tool - only check GoL rulestings / names for ctype
• Remove LuaSocket, add new socket API backed by libcurl (this breaks tptmp, there is no workaround right now)
• Rewrite tpt.set_wallmap, it can now set WL_FAN velocity
• Take snapshot when using ctrl+x
• Update Me4502's name in readme & intro text

snapshot-215

• Don't show GoL .tmp in HUD, check if create_part was successful while simulating GoL
• Fix issue allowing drawing unlimited LIGH with 1x1 cursor
• Fix "NONE" showing in HUD in many cases
• Improve stack pasting behavior
• Remove "Auto Draw Rate" option, there is no reason to turn this off

snapshot-214

• Make username case-insensitive when logging in

snapshot-213

• Fix ctype drawing for LDTC
• Fix elementCount inaccuracies when undoing (fixes GoL not working for a short time after undo)
• Show proper GoL name in HUD for LDTC / DTEC
• Write powder.pref immediately every time a setting is changed

snapshot-212

• Make custom can_move settings persistent (fixes #764)
• Redo and add type parameter to sim.neighbours

snapshot-211

• Fix issue where binary in the packaged .zip file wasn't marked as executable
• New element: LITH. Reactive element that explodes on contact with water.

snapshot-210

• Fix air being able to go through walls for a frame after undoing
• Fix some legacy lua api functions allowing you to set properties on element 0
• Show NONE in {ctype} signs instead of 0 when an element has no ctype

snapshot-209

• Fix issue where Linux version couldn't be launched from some file managers